Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019

Payment of rates on sale of relevant property

13. (1) The owner of a relevant property who proposes to sell the property shall, before the completion of the sale, pay to the local authority concerned any rates imposed under this Act and accrued interest which is due and payable in respect of that property.

(2) The local authority concerned shall provide a person referred to in subsection (1) or a person acting on behalf of the person in connection with a sale of a relevant property with—

(a) confirmation of any unpaid rates imposed under this Act and accrued interest at the date of the sale of a relevant property, or

(b) confirmation that there are no outstanding amounts payable,

as the case may be, in such form and manner as may be prescribed.

(3) In this section—

“sale” includes, in relation to a relevant property, the transfer of the property by its owner or any trustee or personal representative of the owner to another person—

(a) in consequence of—

(i) the exercise of a power under any enactment to compulsorily acquire land, or

(ii) the giving of notice of intention to exercise such power,

or

(b) for no consideration or consideration which is significantly less than the market value of the property at the time of its transfer.